Filling a child’s new backpack with a box of crayons and school supplies is part of the bittersweet ritual of preparing a kindergartener for the first day of school. What parents may not realize is ...

Parents visiting their children’s kindergarten class for the first time may think they’ve arrived at the wrong room, especially if they expect it to resemble the kindergarten they attended as ...

As a new grade level for four-year-olds rolls out statewide, a data analysis shows less than half of them are enrolling in ...

Conversation around holding a child back in kindergarten is everywhere — but the rate of children actually getting a delayed ...

Local schools say many children are lacking important skills when they start kindergarten and it is putting them at a disadvantage. Kindergarten readiness assessments show, in some cases, more than ...

Art lessons for pre-kindergarten students are moving beyond finger paints and into the worlds of van Gogh, da Vinci and Rivera. Teachers in a number of districts in California are using classic works ...

This research was made possible by a research grant from the Region of Peel awarded to Professor Janette Pelletier and by a SSHRC Insight Grant # 435-2015-0441 awarded to Professors Janette Pelletier ...

Preschool is one of the most pivotal periods in a child’s life, laying the groundwork for social, emotional, and academic ...